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2025-08-05 @ 17.04.35 ∈ In English

Death rates from cardiovascular disease have fallen dramatically — what were the breakthroughs behind this?
Over a century of progress in surgery, drugs, prevention, and emergency response has driven down death rates from heart disease and stroke.
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2025-07-31 @ 18.44.17 ∈ In English

There’s a New Record for the Longest Lightning Flash - Eos
[829 kilometers is now] the longest lightning bolt ever recorded. […] A new analysis of satellite data has revealed that a 22 October 2017 storm over the U.S. Midwest created a lightning bolt that reached [̣̣̣…] from eastern Texas to nearly Kansas City. The record-setting bolt lasted about 7 seconds.
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2025-07-30 @ 19.48.28 ∈ In English

Mom on the Menu
While the parental duties of many arthropods cease after egg laying, the females of some centipede species—like this one from the Scolopendra genus—are more devoted mothers.
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2025-07-25 @ 19.22.08 ∈ In English

Grandparent care: Women from poorer backgrounds help out most with childcare
In short, these findings remind us that behind the broad label of "grandparenting" lies a diverse world of individuals whose involvement in caring for grandchildren—how often they care, what they do, and why—is closely linked to and varies with gender norms and socioeconomic status.
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2025-07-23 @ 19.30.56 ∈ In English

Real milk proteins, no cows: Engineered bacteria pave the way for vegan cheese and yogurt
Bacteria are set to transform the future of dairy-free milk products. Scientists have successfully engineered E. coli to produce key milk proteins essential for cheese and yogurt production, without using any animal-derived ingredients.
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2025-07-23 @ 19.27.29 ∈ In English

Why the UK’s butterflies are booming in 2025
The great butterfly summer we are having might be comparable to an awful year 30 years ago. Similarly, this hot and dry weather is good for a while—but if it doesn't start raining soon, plants are going to wilt.
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2025-07-19 @ 10.03.20 ∈ In English

We’ve got to stop sending files to each other
The modern workforce shouldn't be flinging copies to each other. A copy is outdated the moment it is downloaded. A copy has no protection against illicit reading. A copy can never be revoked.
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2025-07-19 @ 9.58.27 ∈ In English

Ancient DNA solves mystery of Hungarian, Finnish language family’s origins
The study finds the ancestors of present-day Uralic speakers living about 4,500 years ago in northeastern Siberia, within an area now known as Yakutia.
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2025-07-13 @ 21.15.21 ∈ In English

Threatened Heath Fritillary Butterflies See Major Population Increase in England - EcoWatch
The population of heath fritillary butterflies, one of the rarest butterflies in the UK, is rising after a sunny spring and improved habitats.
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2025-07-12 @ 22.25.29 ∈ In English

‘Ball Lightning’ Caught on Film After Storm in Canada
No scientist has yet confirmed the short video from Alberta is footage of ball lightning, but the Pardy couple says they have been approached by researchers. "If it is ball lightning," veteran storm chaser George Kourounis told CTV News, "then this is one of the best ball lightning videos I've ever seen."